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Ruthenium

A rare element of the light platinum group found associated with platinum ores and isolated as a hard brittle steel gray metal which is very infusible Symbol Ru Atomic weight 1035 Specific gravity 1226 See Platinum metals

Sea star

A starfish or brittle star

Shattery

Easily breaking into pieces not compact loose of texture brittle as shattery spar

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Sweetmeat, 'Mithai', 'Toffee'

Sweetmeat, 'Mithai', 'Toffee', means candy or brittle but tender texture made by boiling sugar and butter together. Thus a toffee is an article which is

Shiver

One of the small pieces or splinters into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence generally used in the plural

Snap

To break at once to break short as substances that are brittle

Cast iron

means 'an iron-carbon alloy produced in a blast furnace. It contains up to 4% carbon, and is more brittle, but more easily fused, than steel'. According to Van Nostrand's scientific Encyclopedia, 'cast iron' is 'primarily the product

iridium

as platinum which it much resembles being silver white and indifferent to most corrosive agents but harder more brittle and with a higher melting temperature 2410deg C versus platinum 1772deg C With the exception of osmium it

VerbarOphiurioidea

which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile called also Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea See Illust under Brittle star

Crumbly

Easily crumbled friable brittle

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